The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino

The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 4, 1912

Runtime

0h 47m

User Score

37%

Original Title

The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino

Director

Sidney M. Goldin

Description

The story of Lt. Joseph Petrosino, an Italian-American New York City police detective, who was assigned to investigate the Sicilian Mafia, which was beginning to become a major problem in New York. He did such a good job that the city sent him to Sicily to gather information on the Sicily/New York Mafia connections. He was murdered in Palermo by Mafia gunmen.